Terence Yin Chi-wai (, born 19 May 1975) is a Hong Kong film actor, singer, producer, and media relations specialist. Yin has starred in over 30 movies, released one solo album and resides in Hong Kong.
Early life May 19, 1975, Yin was born in Hong Kong. Yin's mother was Jenny Hu, a 1960s–70s Shaw Brothers Studios actress. Yin's father was Kang Wei (1940–2013), a film director. Yin has one older brother, Christopher Yin.
In 1983, at 7 years old, Yin and his brother Christopher came to Los Angeles, California. In 1993, Yin graduated from Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra, California.
Education In 1997, Yin earned a Philosophy (Rhetorics) degree from UC Berkeley.
Career Yin made his film debut in Yonfan's 1998 Bishonen opposite Daniel Wu, one of his close friends and frequent collaborators.
Yin released a solo album in Taiwan in 1999 titled Undecided, which met with limited success.
In 2003, Yin with fellow Hong Kong actor Simon Yam made their Hollywood debut in the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life as the villains Chen Lo and Xien Lo, brothers who are in a fictional Chinese syndicate called the Shay Ling who are opposite of the lead character Lara Croft portrayed by Angelina Jolie.
In 2005, Yin, with Daniel Wu, Conroy Chan, and Andrew Lin formed a boyband experiment named Alive.
In 2012, Yin, made his second Hollywood appearance in the film The Man with the Iron Fists, which had a diverse cast of Hollywood, Hong Kong and Chinese actors. He also appeared in the 2012 Hong Kong film Cold War and voiced the character Dirty Ming in the video game Sleeping Dogs.
Yin is a partner in the online social network Alivenotdead.com with his Alive bandmates and the founders of the movie website Rotten Tomatoes. The site, created to support the movie The Heavenly Kings and Alive, was relaunched in April 2007 as an online community supporting artists worldwide.alivenotdead.com 1 year retrospective
Filmography YearTitleAlternateRoleNotes1981 Daughter and Father 天真有牙 1998 Hot War 幻影特攻 Alien Bishonen 美少年之戀 K.S 1999 Metade Fumaca 半支煙 Brother Chai Rave Fever 周末狂熱 Stephen Gen-X Cops 特警新人類 Tooth 2000 Dial D for Demons 炭燒凶咒 PJ Skyline Cruisers 神偷次世代 Ah Lung Lavender 薰衣草 Angel playing violin Home Sweet Home 千年等一天 Du Quaing 2001 Bullets of Love 不死情謎 Night/Wong Po Gold Fingers 二五傳說 Martial Angels 絕色神偷 Bone Mist in Judge 疊影殺機 Final Romance – Tenyakuyûjô 3 願望樹 Mon Yeung 2002 Black Mask 2: City of Masks 黑俠 II Dr David Color of Pain 野狼 Dino Dead or Alive: Final Fong 2003 Colour of the Truth 黑白森林 Cyclops Boxing Hero 龍虎英雄 Tiger The Trouble-Makers 一屋兩火 Szeto Ginyi Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life Xien 2004 New Police Story 新警察故事 Fire 2005 Kung Fu Majong 2 雀聖2自摸天后 Johnnie PTU File – Death Trap PTU女警之偶然陷阱 Yu Fei Drink-Drank-Drunk 千杯不醉 Wanderer Police Love Affairs 左輪右妳 Fai 2006 The Heavenly Kings 四大天王 Terence Yin artist; producerMcDull, the Alumni 春田花花同學會 hostage-taker Rob-B-Hood 寶貝計劃 Max Hung 2007 The Valiant Ones New 新忠烈圖 Fear Factors 恐懼元素 Tin King 2008 Legend of the Fist: Chen Zhen 精武陳真 2009 Look for a Star 遊龍戲鳳 Joseph Fog 雾 Wai Vengeance 復仇 Chu English dub for the original character portrayed by Lam Ka-Tung 2011 Don't Go Breaking My Heart 單身男女 Life Without Principle 奪命金 宋先生 2012 Strangers 6 Sleeping Dogs 热血无赖 (non-official) "Dirty" Ming/Additional voices Video game Cold War 寒戰 Man To The Man with the Iron Fists 鐵拳 (non-official) Governor 2013 Lost for Words 欲言又止 (non-official) Victor Special ID 特殊身份 Terry Firestorm 風暴 Goofy 2014 Zombie Fight Club 尸城 Bro Fung 2015 Second Life 第二人生 TV series Love in Time 還來得及再愛你 TV series Wild City 謎城 2016 Chinese Wine 國酒 Cheng Yufeng Cold War 2 寒戰2 Man To S Storm S風暴 Tang Siu-hung 2017 Love Contractually Chasing the Dragon 2018 The Adjudicator 2024 Anaconda 狂蟒之灾 Jeff
References
External links Terence Yin's official blog
Terence Yin and Raquel Xu Make Up and Are Now Engaged